Needle

[need-l]

Needle or Needles may refer to:

Sewing and needlework

Sewing needle, long slender object with a pointed tip
Needle guard, piece of a sewing machine that prevents the user from sewing their finger
Needlework, a term for textile arts using needles

Needlepoint, a form of embroidery
Knitting needle, long stick or rod used as a tool in the manufacture of hand knitted fabric
Needle lace, handmade lace

Needle Bush, a plant of the genus Acacia
Needle Palm, the sole member of the genus Rhapidophyllum in the palm family Arecaceae
Pine needle, adult leaf of a pine

Needles (Black Hills), granite pillars located in South Dakota
Needles, California, a small city in the United States
Needle Mountains (Colorado), subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the southwestern Colorado
Needle Rocks, Tasmania
The Needles, geologic formation off the Isle of Wight
The Needles, the southeast district of Canyonlands National Park
Cleopatra's Needle, trio of obelisks in London, Paris, and New York City
Crestone Needle, one of the "fourteeners" (mountains of 14,000+ feet) of Colorado
Space Needle, landmark of Seattle

Acupuncture needle, needle used for acupuncture
Hypodermic needle, hollow needle commonly used with a syringe to inject substances into the body
Needle exchange program, exchange program for hypodermic needles
Needle remover, device that physically removes a needle from a syringe
Pins and needles or paresthesia, sensation of tingling, pricking, or numbness of a person's skin with no apparent long-term physical effect
Surgical needle, needle with holes or eyes which are supplied to the hospital separate from their suture thread
Tuohy needle, hollow needle suitable for inserting epidural catheters

Dan Needles, playwright behind the popular Wingfield series which has played across Canada for many years
Edward Needles Hallowell, United States Army officer
Jimmy Needles, American basketball coach best known for being the United States' first Olympic basketball coach
Nadel, German surname meaning needle

3 Needles, 2005 dramatic film which was directed by Thom Fitzgerald
Eye of a needle, aphorism used in the religious texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Needle dam, a weir designed to maintain the level or flow of a river through the use of thin "needles" of wood
Needle valve, a type of valve having a small orifice and a threaded, needle-like plunger
A measuring needle, an indicator on a measuring instrument or dial (measurement)
"The Needler", a weapon used by the Covenant in Bungie's Halo: Combat Evolved